Several crashes marred the spring classic E3 Harelbeke on Friday afternoon. Early on in the race there was a pile-up that took out multiple riders, including Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing).
At the end of the race Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) took a horrible tumble. Luckily Van Avermaet managed to get back on his legs, and his bike, completing the final kilometres to the finish in Harelbeke. The Belgian classics specialist will undergo a check-up but expects to start Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday.
“Nobody is free from falling,” Van Avermaet said at the team bus after reaching the finish line in Harelbeke. “We’ll see tomorrow how I feel. If nothing is broken. My ribs are hurt. My back and my hip hurt the most.
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“It was a serious knock. I had to recover for a while. I’m someone who usually tries to get back up as quickly as possible but this time I didn’t feel like riding a bike straight away.”
Van Avermaet said he believed there was no severe damage and seemed to expect to be race ready on Sunday in Gent-Wevelgem.
“We’ll see with the team what we can do,” he said. “We’ll do a check-up with the eye on the upcoming days. We’ll see how it is tomorrow. I think I’m still ok for the other races.”
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